The chaotic component of human heart rate variability shows a circadian periodicity as documented by the correlation dimension of the time-qualified sinusal R-R intervals

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 409-412

  Curione, Mario ^a,b   Bernardini, F ^a   Cedrone, L ^a   Proietti, E ^a   Danese, C ^a   Pellegrino, A M ^a   De Rosa, R ^a   Di Siena, G ^a   Vacca, K ^a   Cammarota, C ^a   Cugini, P ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chaos; Chronobiology; Circadian rhythms; Correlation dimension; Heart rate; Nonlinear dynamics; Periodic dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032197654     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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